Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 785 · Decided 26 July 2007
State of U.P. v. Abdul Karim and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 785 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 540
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 364/2002
- Decided
- 26 July 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 rlw s.34-Death pursuant to assault with iron rod and sharp C cutting weapons-Conviction of accused-Respondents by Trial Court-Set aside by High Court in appeal-Appeal against the acquittal-Held: One eye-witness partially resiled from her statement made during that he reached when the assault was over-All D the witnesses were far away from the field where the alleged incident took place-Field was also obstructed by standing crops of sugarcane not less than· 6-7 ft in height-Therefore they could not have seen the assaults­ Additionally,
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